I have the same problem with the green shadows and spoke a customer service rep.who was of absolutely no assistance whatsoever!I explained to him that i have a freind who has the same model and had the same problem but hitachi paid for his part after a tech verified that it was the light eng.They know there is a problem but will not take care of everyone,this is obviously a defective part but they do not want to admit to it.If anyone knows of a solution please send me a message to siciliankid@netzero.comI have the same problem with the green shadows and spoke a customer service rep.who was of absolutely no assistance whatsoever!I explained to him that i have a freind who has the same model and had the same problem but hitachi paid for his part after a tech verified that it was the light eng.They know there is a problem but will not take care of everyone,this is obviously a defective part but they do not want to admit to it.If anyone knows of a solution please send me a message to siciliankid@netzero.com

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watch for speakers being to close to the tv. if a speaker has a big magnet on the back of it, it will cause it to have the shadow and then it will turn green. so make sure there is nothing with a magnet close to the tv because it will ruin the tube on the tv.

50V500 ONLYGHOST: May be described as "Out of Convergence" but ghost is still attached to main image.CONDITION:A "ghost image" appearing to the left or right of images in the picture.Can be varying shades of a primary color (red, green, or blue) as well as gray.Can easily be seen in the 4 x 3 mode, at the edges of the picture.CORRECTION:

To correct the problem, please do as follows:

Access I2C Menu. (See page 57 of the Service Manual).

To enter the I2C Service Menu, with power off, (on the front control panel) press and hold the INPUT button. Then press the POWER button for two seconds. The following Service Menu will appear.

Figure 1

BEFORE CONTINUING: CONFIRM THAT THE R, G and B DRIVE ARE SET AT 40.

Be sure to press SELECT after each change to SAVE the new Data.

Using the Remote Control joy stick, scroll down to next page (see Figure 2) until LCD ADJUST is highlighted.

Figure 2

Move the joy stick to the right to cursor right once.The next page will appear with the word GHOST highlighted.

Cursor right again, and a white screen will appear with a BLACK SQUARE in the center, as in Figure 3.You will see LCD ADJUST, followed by “SHP” and a number (value).

Figure 3

If the unit is out of adjustment, you will see a gray ghost on either side of the black square. Move the joystick to the right or to the left until the ghost disappears. The number values will change up or down.

If the ghost adjustment is off with a lower value, there will be a ghost to the left of the square.

If the ghost adjustment is off with a higher value, there will be a ghost to the right of the square.

Once you get the square to look good without ghosts, press "SELECT" to save any data values that have been changed.

Check settings first to make sure no one changed anything out of the ordinary. Are the shadows that of a color or darkened shadow? It could be out of convergence, which can be corrected in the menu - or it could be low quality video cables to. Also, if there is no green, does a white color show up when you're in a menu mode (Red+Blue+Green = White Image)? If so, then the green picture tube is working and it's just a color adjustment, otherwise you may have to invest in a new green picture tube.